Getting Started with Data

We stated above that Python supports the object-oriented programming paradigm. This means that Python considers data to be the focal point of the problem-solving process. In Python, as well as in any other object-oriented programming language, we define a class to be a description of what the data look like (the state) and what the data can do (the behavior). Classes are analogous to abstract data types because a user of a class only sees the state and behavior of a data item. Data items are called objects in the object-oriented paradigm. An object is an instance of a class.

Source: Runestone Academy, https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/pythonds/Introduction/GettingStartedwithData.html#built-in-collection-data-types
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